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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What percentage of those invited to try out clinics are accepted?[/quote]
That's a question that cannot be answered with the information provided. Every club has a different philosophy for tryout clinics. The best answer would be that it depends on the club. The lower tier clubs would probably send offers to many players that show up at their tryout clinics, but some of their offers will not be accepted. Other clubs can only make offers only to 25% of the players they invited to their tryout clinics. You need to be more specific to receive a more informative answer. [/quote]

For Mojo?[/quote]

How many girls were at their invite-only clinics that your DD went to?[/quote]

Tbh this question isn’t that relevant at mojo. They want to be a stronger club than they are (and good for them!) but unfortunately they have quite figured out how to navigate that road of recruiting slightly stronger players every year without completing alienating potential players during the tryout process.
It’s a fine line. 
They try to zero in on strong players with their invite only clinics but honestly they need to widen their net a little because most of those players are attending invite-only for 3-4 clubs. Two years on a row, my DD was iced out of the invite clinics and relegated to the not-top court in tryouts only to be called by mojo on the final day and offered a spot to try to fill in holes on their team.
First year,  DD declined because she had already committed elsewhere. Second year, she declined bc just didn’t feel like being an afterthought AGAIN. And it’s kind of sad because she is a stronger player than at least four that they ended up extending offers to eventually. And if they had done a little better job at managing their own expectations while making an effort to make her feel even slightly wanted before the absolute last minute, she would have been happy to play there. 
My point is not to bash them for jockeying to get the best players. I completely get that. [b]My point is that if they were more realistic about who actually was attainable, they could make that middle tier feel a little more wanted[/b] and then the next year, their win record might look a little more appealing to the top tier player. 
Baby steps to club improvement would help in this scenario.
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I think this is really important for clubs wanting to become more competitive. They spend so much energy courting their top choices that will likely have multiple offers from other clubs, they neglect to give enough attention to the good players who they will likely need to fill out their rosters. I get that they can only give out so many offers at a time, but they could absolutely increase the numbers at invite clinics and make these players not feel like they were a last resort. [/quote]

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